it's Thursday the 26th of March and the
Huawei p40 series is here visionary
photography is the tagline this time
around and to say that Huawei is leaning
into this would be quite an
understatement we're treated to three
devices this time around the p40 the p40
Pro and the p40 Pro Plus before we go
hands-on with the p40 pro I want to dive
straight into the specs because there is
quite a lot that differentiates the
three devices all the phones feature
Kirin 995 G chipsets emui 10.1 software
and the brand new 50 megapixel ry wide
be ultra vision cameras however there
are a few differences that set each
device apart from one another namely the
pro and the Pro Plus feature a bigger 90
Hertz displays over the smaller 60 Hertz
panel in the standard the same also goes
for faster charging bigger batteries and
ip68 ratings in the p40 prime Pro Plus
instead of IP 53 in the regular p40
there are also very different camera
systems in each phone from the standard
to the pro to the Pro Plus we've got up
to an 80 millimeter 125 millimeter and
240 millimeter telephoto camera
respectively and the Pro Plus gets 12
gigabytes of RAM instead of the 8
gigabytes found in the other two models
while weighs focus for the p40 series is
visionary photography and with the spec
sheet like this that's no surprise the
p40 pro comes with a 50 megapixel main
camera a 40 megapixel ultra wide camera
a 12 megapixel five times optical
periscope zoom camera and a timer flood
sensor for better depth mapping the firm
is certainly no stranger to breaking the
mold and they are going bigger and
better this time around
quite literally the 50 megapixel ryy be
ultra vision main camera that features
on all three p40 models has the world's
largest smartphone camera sensor
specifically a one over one point two
eight inch absolute unit for context is
Samsung's one over 1.3 3 inch which is
found in the s20 ultra and opposed one
over 1.4 3-inch which is found in the
find x2o and for good measure here's why
ways one over one
seven inch outgoing standard wide-angle
camera found in the likes of the mate 30
pro what does this all mean well in a
nutshell that you're going to get much
better performance from this camera
since the individual photo sites which
pick up the light are bigger allowing
for more light information which is not
only going to give you better low-light
performance but it also gives more
information into the processing system
for stuff like hdr+
at portrait mode and night cycle the
center is still using Huawei's ry YB
Bayer filter which essentially means
that the yellow pixels can pick up more
light information which enables a better
image
however it also pixel bins just like
last time only this time instead of
going down to 10 megapixel output files
from a 40 megapixel main sensor it's
going from 50 to 12.5 it's still binning
four to one it's just a slightly larger
output image the 40 megapixel ultra wide
dubbed the cine camera by Huawei is very
similar to what we saw in the mate 30
Pro which is to say a very large sensor
that bends down to 10 megapixels with a
wide field of view and it's all housed
in this elongated stovetop design that's
an extension of the narrower camera bump
that we saw last year around the front
in the punch hole there is a 32
megapixel selfie camera that supports
autofocus in both the pro and the Pro
Plus as well as Ultra HD video recording
the p40 pro model that I have here
supports a much nicer and more premium
design than we've seen from Huawei
phones in the past there are slight
curves on all four edges of the screen
making it feel like water on the brink
of breaking surface tension this and the
standard versions have glass on the back
whereas the Pro Plus features ceramic
are more expensive in a luxurious
material and all of them have moved away
from a water droplet not to a punch
whole style selfie camera just for a
little bit of added class in the hand
the phone feels really good if it was
really solid very well made and it's
definitely very elegant it's just a
shame about those mismatching corner
pieces to the bezel where the radius of
the screen curve doesn't actually match
the radius of the curve in the chassis
so you kind of get little pointy extra
bits and I'll try and do my best to make
this look decent on video but it's kind
of hard to notice unless you've got the
thing in your hand
the keen-eyed among you may have noticed
that the pro in the Pro Plus bought 90
Hertz displays which is a first on a
flagship level Huawei phone this makes
the phone feel more up-to-date than
previous efforts although it's gonna
have to be really good to compete with
Samsung's and oppose 120 Hertz screens
there's also a point to be made about
resolution these things are running
white Full HD displays as opposed to
white quad HD displays that means that
on paper these phones displays are at a
significant disadvantage compared to the
other flagships on the market right now
my first impressions are that the screen
well it's vibrant it's bright it's got
good color accuracy and it does seem to
have spectacular viewing angles but will
run a full suite of tests and get back
to you with the full verdict in the full
review coming up later while Wade's
caring 990 chips that makes an
appearance here in its 5g flavor this is
the same chip that can be found in the
mate 30 pro 5 G this also follows the
trend where Huawei tends to put its
brand new chipset in the mate series
which is then used in the next year's P
series so the 990 from the p4 G probe
was first introduced in the mid 30 Pro
it's been shown to be around the
snapdragon 855 plus in terms of
performance which again puts it at yet
another disadvantage compared to the
snapdragon 865 equipped LG v 60 think
you and Galaxy S 20 series the p40 Pro
and P 40 Pro Plus both support 40 watt
fast charging but what's more impressive
is that they also support that speed in
Wireless form as well yes these things
have 40 watt fast wireless charging
which is pretty cool software is the
biggest concern regarding the P 40
series due to the fact that mui 10.1
doesn't support GMS meaning that you
won't get the Google Play Store or any
kind of Google services for that matter
that means you're going to be relying on
the Huawei services which includes a
gallery of course now whilst the company
is actively adding apps and games onto
app gallery every single day there are
still heaps of key players missing such
as Instagram Twitter Disney Plus Netflix
Amazon Prime eBay stuff like that that
really do need to be on here Spotify and
last pass of the to die immediately
install as soon as I get a phone
and I was not able to install them via
app gallery on this in fact I was using
apk mirror to get some of my
applications installed and even then you
can't get every single one installed
such as LastPass which is a heavily
security based application you just
can't get it without the Play Store so
the rest of my first thoughts of this
thing one the fingerprint scanner which
what we claims is 30% bigger and 30%
faster is definitely a massive
improvement over what we saw with the
p30 Pro this thing just registers my
fingerprint way more often and quicker
at the same time I'm really not sold on
the corners of this smartphone the
curved edge is kind of cool but the fact
that the edges of the screen don't go to
the edges of the device is really
putting me off and it's something that I
just can't get over the camera though
feels very familiar feels just like the
p30 Pro which is to say a very good
camera and the thing about loading the
apps onto the smartphone is something
that's going to bug me throughout the
entire review process as I'm recording
this video pricing and availability just
isn't available to us right now so I'll
leave a link in the description to
Android thority comm to go to the
website to check out the latest
information as it gets released with all
that said and done thanks for watching
this video please do subscribe to stay
tuned and check out the new reviews when
they become available for the p40 pro
and the p40 Pro Plus also wash it down
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I've been run Thomson & Rowe Authority
and I'll see you later peace
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